Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost - Aug 8, 2021

Trinity Episcopal Church PROGRESSIVE  Inclusive 

CREATIVE  DOWNTOWN

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost

Morning Devotion 

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August 8, 2021

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10:00am

Welcome to Trinity Episcopal Church Good morning and “welcome home” to Trinity! Whether you are new to our community or have found yourself coming back again and again, we want you to know you are both welcome and wanted here among us. For some, church is as comfortable and familiar as a good pair of jeans, or like coming back to your childhood home (if it is one filled with good memories). For others, church might be like visiting a foreign country where you experience unfamiliar language or customs. And then, sadly, for some, church has become equated with feelings of hurt, shame or rejection. We get all of that and believe church can be different. We are a diverse community of seekers, believers, and doubters held together by the hope that together we are better, kinder, and more courageous when we stand side by side and face into the challenges of our lives and in the world together.

We challenge the practices of our tradition that have at times kept others out and instead embrace Jesus’ mandate to welcome all, no exceptions, as a core value. And, we get that if people are brave enough to either walk through the doors of a big gothic-looking church in downtown Toledo, or tune in to Trinity@Home on line, we better be serious about being explicitly progressive, inclusive and creative in all we say and do.

We love our Episcopal tradition, AND we love people from all walks of life even more! It is our hope and prayer that together we will navigate our way through each gathering, worship service, opportunity to serve, class, meal and social time together with humility, grace and laughter all infused with radical hospitality.

So thank you for being here today; for trusting the yearning that brought you through those ancient doors. May we all find our way into the heart of God’s love as we make room for each other in this community and this world- we believe we are better and love more when diversity is celebrated and the bounds of God’s love are stretched wide.

This bulletin is a guide to accompany you through the “liturgy”- meaning the “work of the people”- which is how our tradition approaches worship. It does indeed take a village bringing all of its gifts together to create our expression of gratitude and devotion week after week.

Here is a quick little guide to help you follow along as we worship together: • • •

Italicized Print = singing Bold Print = everyone is invited to join in reciting a prayer/reading Bold & Italicized Print = everyone is invited to join in singing.

Welcome Home!

May you never forget you are loved, Lisa The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector www.trinitytoledo.org

 The Liturgy of the Word  Prelude

Give Me Jesus arr. David Breen (Francesco Logozzo-tenor, Kevin Clark-lead, David Breen-bass, Cody Harrell-bass)

Welcome Opening Hymn

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray

Holy God We Praise Your Name

The New Century Hymnal, #276

(David Breen)

Holy God we praise your name; Sovereign God, we bow before you; All on earth your scepter claim, All the heavenly hosts adore you.

Infinite thy vast domain, Everlasting is your reign.

Hark the glad celestial hymn Angel choir around are raising; Cherubim and seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the Heaven’s with joys aflame, Holy, holy is your name.

All apostles join the strain As your sacred name they hallow; Prophets swell the glad refrain, And the blessed martyrs follow; And from morn to set of sun, Through the church the song goes on.

Opening Statement & Collect of the Day Deacon: People: Deacon:

Prayers for an Inclusive Church

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Unseen God, drawing all people to the end of our desires: teach us to know true bread from false and to feed on him who shares our flesh to share your love, Jesus Christ, our communion.

Amen.

FIRST READING Reader:

1 Kings 19:4-8 A reading from First Kings.

Read by Jeffrey Albright

Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.

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Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Reader: People:

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

THE PSALM

Psalm 34: 1-8

Psalms for Praying

The plain text will be offered by the cantor; the congregation is invited to respond by singing the text in bold.

I will bless the Beloved at all times; a song of praise will I sing.

My soul speaks to the Beloved continually; let all who suffer hear and be glad.

O, open your hearts, friends, that your pain and loneliness be turned to Love; And then, we shall rejoice in the Beloved together!

When I searched for Love, the Beloved answered within my heart, and all my fears flew away.

Look to the Beloved, and your emptiness will be filled, your face will radiate Love.

For when you weep, the Beloved hears and comes to companion you; your burdens are eased by Love.

The Beloved sends angels when you call upon these messengers for guidance and light, for their gracious inspiration, One with Love, you are never alone!

SECOND READING Reader:

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

A reading from Ephesians.

Read by Kim Henkel

Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Reader: People:

Gradual

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Be a Light (David Breen, Kim Buehler & Sy Winnie- piano)

In a time full of war, be peace In a time full of doubt, just believe Yeah, there ain't that much difference between you and me In a time full of war, be peace

Thomas Rhett

Oh, don't hide in the dark, you were born to shine In a world full of hate, be a light (La-la-la, la, la, la, la) (La-la-la, la, la, la, la) (La-la-la, la, la, la, la) (La-la-la, la, la, la, la)

In a world full of hate, be a light When you do somebody wrong, make it right Don't hide in the dark, you were born to shine In a world full of hate, be a light (La-la-la, la, la, la, la)

In a race that you can't win, slow it down Yeah, you only got one go around 'Cause the finish line is six feet in the ground In a race you can't win, just slow it down

In a place that needs change, make a difference In a time full of noise, just listen 'Cause life is but a breeze, better live it In a place that needs a change, make a difference

In a world full of hate, be a light (Oh-oh) When you do somebody wrong, make it right (Make it right) Don't hide in the dark, you were born to shine In a world full of hate, be a light

In a world full of hate, be a light When you do somebody wrong, make it right

Yeah, it's hard to live in color When you just see black and white In a world full of hate, be a light

THE GOSPEL Deacon: People:

John 6:35, 41-51 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?

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How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Deacon: People:

Sermon

The Gospel of Christ.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

Lisa Irwin, Trinity guest preacher UCC Pastor, grew up at Trinity, currently living in the UK at Durham University

Affirmation of FAITH

Written by Bruce D. Prewer Led by Roberta Durham

We believe in the God of Jesus of Nazareth, who blesses the meek, the poor and the persecuted, exalts the least and saves the lost.

We believe in the Holy One whose beloved Child, Jesus the Christ, pleased God far more than tongue or pen can ever tell.

We believe in the baptized Christ, and the community of love and hope which grew around his word and witness.

We believe that he is the first citizen of a new race, where the entry fee is Divine grace, and the ground rules are shaped by love.

We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, by whom old things find new birth, and new things grow on to maturity, and the dead receive regeneration.

We believe in one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and in the limitless life which flows for the healing of the nations. Amen.

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The Prayers of the People Please join the leader in sharing the responses in bold.

Intercessor:

People: Intercessor: People: Intercessor:

People: Intercessor:

People:

from the Iona Community Offered by Gary Franklin

Let us pray.

Gracious God, early in the morning, when the world was young, you made life in all its beauty and terror, you gave birth to all that we know.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, when the world least expected it, a newborn child crying in a cradle announced that you had come among us, that you were one of us.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, surrounded by respectable liars, religious leaders, anxious and silent friends, you accepted the penalty for doing good, for being God: you shouldered and suffered the cross.

Hallowed be your name.

Early in the morning, a voice in a guarded graveyard and footsteps in the dew proved that you had risen, that you had come back to those and for those who had forgotten, denied and destroyed you.

Hallowed be your name.

Intercessor:

Early in the morning, in the multicolored company of your Church on earth and in heaven we celebrate your creation, your life, your death and resurrection, your interest in us: So to you we pray…

People:

God, bring new life where we are worn and tired, new love where we have turned hard-hearted, forgiveness where we feel hurt and where we have been wounded, and the joy and freedom in your Holy Spirit where we are the prisoners of ourselves. (pause for silence)

Intercessor:

People:

To all and to each where regret is real, God pronounces pardon and grants us the right to begin again.

Thanks be to God. AMEN.

THE PEACE Deacon: People:

Becky & Travis Walker The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

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Announcements Offertory Go to our Giving page. www.trinitytoledo.org/online-giving/, choose GIVE and Sunday, August 8. You can also text the word “Give” to 419-OMG-LOVE (419-664-5683) to make your weekly offering.

Offertory

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Paul Simon

(David Breen & Brian Buckner-piano)

Lord’s PRAYER

Sung by David Breen

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Final goodbye from David Breen Blessing

May the rain fall off your shoulders when you’re caught in a storm.

When the frost comes a callin’ may it find you safe and warm.

May your place be set, and may your promises be kept.

And may you never forget that you are loved.

Sending Song

O Sifuni Mungu (David Breen, Grace Hirt & Kim Buehler)

Dismissal Deacon: People:

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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See page 9.

Sending Song

O Sifuni Mungu

arr. David Maddux

(David Breen, Grace Hirt & Kim Buehler)

Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu Na mfalme wetu Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu Na mfalme wetu Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe Pazeni sauti ili nasi mwimbe All creatures of our God and King Lift up your voice and with us sing Thou burning sun with golden beam Thou silver moon with softer gleam Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu All Men, all creatures, everybody, praise the Lord!

(Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu ) All Men, all creatures, everybody, praise the Lord!

(Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu ) All creatures of our God and King Lift up your voice and with us sing Thou burning sun with golden beam Thou silver moon with softer gleam Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu Viumbe vyote vya mungu wetu na mfalme wetu All Men, all creatures, everybody, praise the Lord!

(Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu ) All Men, all creatures, everybody, praise the Lord!

(Watu wote Viumbe vyote Awaye yote Sifu mungu) Pazeni sauti, na wote imbeni!

O sifuni Mungu!

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Trinity’s Daily Bread- As a community of faith, we are called to love and be loved; to serve and be served, to give and to receive. In short, we don’t want anyone to “fall behind or drop out.” In this season of connecting in new ways, we are introducing Trinity’s Daily Bread. Please let us know if you need prayer, assistance or connection by filling out our Daily Bread form on our website, www.trinitytoledo.org!

Trinity Episcopal Church Vestry Leadership Donna Steppe, Sr. Warden, Roberta Durham, Jr. Warden Leah Reed, Clerk, Jeffrey Albright, Dennis Degnan, Becky Koskinen, Fritz Hany, Bob Meeker & Jamie Paul Gary Franklin, Treasurer

Parish Staff The Rev. Dr. Lisa Tucker-Gray, Rector The Rev. Megan Allen, Transitional Deacon, Curate Heather Meyer, Director of Operations and Community Development Chelsie Cree, Interim Choir Director Lynzi Miller, Next To New Manager & Communications Coordinator Nick Zurawski, Sexton ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & COPYRIGHT INFO: Collect of the Day Prayers for an Inclusive Church, Steven Shakespeare. Church Publishing, New York. © 2009 by Steven Shakespeare. Permission granted by Church Publishing for congregational use.

Readings and Gospel from: Revised Common Lectionary: lectionarypage.net, 2020 Psalm: From Psalms for Praying © 2007 Nan C. Merrill. Reprinted with permission of the publisher Continuum International Publishing Group www.PsalmsForPraying.com.

Affirmation of Faith: written by Bruce D. Prewer, Epiphany 1, 2005.

Prayers of the People: from the Iona Community - The Iona Abbey Book of Worship.

Lord’s Prayer: Traditional, sung.

Bulletin Image: Bread of life. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangfoto/2337441318/. Artist: wolfgangfoto.

License: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).

All printed music from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, My Heart Sings Out, Wonder, Love, and Praise was used by permission through purchase of riteseries.org.

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Trinity Pages TODAY 8/8, 11:00am, Coffee Hour– You are invited to join us for a 30-minute virtual coffee and conversation following our 10:00 online worship service every Sunday. The Zoom MEETING ID is on our website and the PASSWORD will be shared by Lisa during service announcements each Sunday morning!

Wednesday, 8/11, 12:00noon, Noonday Prayer- Join us at 12noon on Wednesdays as we gather in the sanctuary for a short Wednesday Noonday prayer service (no Eucharist) led by our new curate, Megan Allen. Bring a lunch and join Megan afterward for a short time of conversation. Whether you have attended these mid-week services in the past or not, all are welcome and wanted.

Saturday, 8/14, 9:00am, Men’s Bible Study- Join us for our next Men’s Bible Study gathering on Saturday, August 14th at 9:00am. All men in the Trinity community and their guests are welcome to join. Register for this meeting on our website.

Sunday, 8/29, 1:00-3:00pm, All Parish Picnic- Join us down at Levis Square (one block South of Trinity). Bring your own picnics and blankets (seating available at Levis Square). We’ll have live music and enjoy our time together, the last Sunday of the month in August. If there is inclement weather, a decision will be announced 2 hours in advance and we will move to Trinity’s Sanctuary.

Please remember those who have asked for our prayers: John L., Gladys & Karen Johnson-Webb Carol Gray Tishie Bozeman Godwin Nosa Ronald B Mitchell Katie Greg Bulach Justin Myers Nancy Owens & daughter Lou Woellner Stan Johnson Zach Wabeke Ray Levey

Judy Moon Sheilah Wilson Elisheva Rose-Boxer Chico Martinez Jo Stanovcak Douglas Romstadt

To add your name or the name of someone you love on the Prayer List, please email lynzi@trinitytoledo.org.

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Birthdays

8/2 Sande Corfman-Johnson 8/5 Kelly Termin 8/15 Meagan Price 8/28 Lindsey Melden

8/2 Ron McKinney 8/11 Lou Woellner 8/21 Greg Shumaker

8/2 Lisa Tucker-Gray 8/14 Cindy Shumaker 8/25 Dave Bingham

To have your birthday or anniversary listed, please email the office: admin@trinitytoledo.org

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